Geological and Engineering Staff

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Craig H. Sluetz, Manager of Trades and Acquisitions. Mr. Sluetz, a Certified Professional Landman, became employed by Texakoma in January 1992. He supervises the leasing activities for the company and oversees other land-related operations. Mr. Sluetz provides over 35 years of experience in land acquisition matters in the oil and gas industry.

David R. Williams, Senior Reservoir Engineer and Manager of Special Projects. Mr. Williams, a registered professional engineer since 1983, became employed by Texakoma in May 1991. With over 40 years of industry experience, he oversees well completions, reviews well stimulations and evaluates reservoirs of current and future wells for the company.

Rodney A. Kiel, Operations Engineer. Mr. Kiel became employed by Texakoma in June 1994 and he oversees production and drilling operations for the company. His experience includes over 30 years of engineering positions with oil and gas companies.

David R. Suter, Senior Project Geologist. Mr. Suter joined Texakoma in February 1994. He brings over 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He spent approximately 19 years with ARCO Oil & Gas Company (1974-1993), where he served in a number of onshore and offshore exploration capacities, including Director of Exploration/Joint Ventures and Exploration Training Director.

Lonnie J. Sullivan, Senior Engineer, Completion and Petrophysics. Mr. Sullivan joined Texakoma in February 2014 after 32 years in the oil and gas industry with Halliburton. He has held positions of Sr. Engineer, District Manager, Sr. Account Representative and Sr. Account Leader for Halliburton.

Hagen E. Vasek, Landman. Mr. Vasek, a Certified Professional Landman, became employed by Texakoma in July 2011 and oversees land negotiations, acquisitions, lease maintenance, title and other land operations.

Keith Arnold, Drilling Engineer. Mr. Arnold became employed by Texakoma in April 2016. He has over 35 years of oil and gas well drilling experience having worked in almost every capacity on a drilling rig and as a Drilling Engineer for the last 17 years for numerous major and independent U.S. oil and gas companies.

Jacob McKinney, Senior Exploration Geologist. Mr. McKinney became employed by Texakoma full-time in October 2016 after providing contract geological consulting services to Texakoma beginning in March 2016. Prior to joining Texakoma, Mr. McKinney served as the Senior Exploration Geologist for Telecote Operating and Apache Corporation where he applied his over 14 years of experience developing prolific oil and gas fields including the Granite Wash, Anadarko Basin and Haynesville Shale.